Ruth 1:13
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.”
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Note tarry: Heb. hope
Note it grieveth…: Heb. I have much bitterness
would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for the Lord’s hand has gone out against me.”
would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- tarry
- Heb. hope. it grieveth me much. Heb. I have muchbitterness. the hand.
- Deuteronomy 2:15; Judges 2:15; 1 Samuel 5:11; Job 19:21; Psalm 32:4; Psalm 38:2; Psalm 39:9, 10